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Never had this happen and I've been hatching for 2 years, lol. This time its a duck and I have no idea. He looks weak and the yolk sack is just hanging out. What I did though was wrapped it up somewhat tight in a wet papertowel and stuck it back into the bator to rest in the corner, hes been...

I have a beautiful blue copper maran roo and 2 beautiful black copper maran hens and my first egg from them hatched a white chick..Confused? Never seen this before and I've hatched many BCMs. - I have a dozen more in the bator due to hatch soon... so I guess we'll see what those come out as...

Alright guys so this things vintage, but it still works, I got it from my in-laws, he said I could have it if I got it working, cleaned it up, plugged her in and the heat went up to about 114 and then shut off... then dropped a tad and went back up again. So everything works, right? BUT...

I heard a squak from my geese while I was eating my subway.. Ran outside and there was a coyote right in my back yard, and I froze right there and he stood there frozen too.. Until I ran after him yelling haha. he then put his tail between his legs and ran away.. nothing went missing but just...

I have 12 ISAs, 22 weeks old. Not ONE has laid one egg yet. Whats going on here? I let them out at 6;30 AM every morning, and I put them in at 9;30 at night, every day... I have a 8 amereacanas as well.. but their younger then the ISAs I know that for sure, probably about 18-19 weeks. Why...

I lost my 4.. 2 month old guineas. Lastnight, I lost all 4, they didn't go back into their pen this time.. I looked for 2 hours, trees long grass everything.. nothing. So I woke up at 5;37, right at sunrise, put some 'treats' out before I let my chickens/ducks out... went back out at 6;30 and...

I bought a indian runner duckling today, and I took this one specifically because the guy said he butchers the ducks that are not how they are suppose to look.. so I took this one... He has a foot that pretty much bends sideways, and he walks on like a 'stub'.. I felt so bad for the little...

Everynight before bed my chickens go in the coop and go inside and I count them. I got in total 19 hens. Today I was counting 18.. I was on a man hunt for litterly an hour. I went back inside the house, grabbed the flash light after looking pretty much until dark. I was about to give up but...

I got 2 geese and 4 pekins. Let me tell ya.. they are gentle ducks when I feed them letteuce or 'crawl' up to them while their laying in the grass... let me pet them, .. and I'll often sneak my head towards their feathers cause its soft.. hahaha (going to far?:P) Anyways.. tonight they always...

I have roughly 2 month old 4 pekins and 2 geese. And a month and a half old duck... I have had them separated ever since I got the lonely duckling from the hatchery they sent at least 2 weeks after I got my first batch. (Because he was too small and they picked on him then as well) Anywho, I...

Okay, so these fellas are about a month old. I got 26 unsexed, and I think they sent me 13 roos and 13 hens. But, I am unsure if they are actually roosters. Their **** aggressive like roosters, I'll tell ya that.. (Except 2, they are so friendly at jump on me sometimes, the others are..a pain...

-- Found a thread for my issue :P https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/650028/goslings-pecking-each-other

Would I be able to tell the gender from that, or not yet? Thanks!

So I have 2 goslings, and 4 Pekins. They are almost two weeks old. I have a new day old (born yesterday). Anyways, hes so freaking tiny compared to the ones at two weeks ha ha, my other babies just grew up so quick I didn't even realize.. what the difference would be until I saw him and then I...

So, the hatchery... where I live... didn't send me the right amount of ducks, I know right? So I called yadada, and they said they could only send one down a week and a half after I got my first batch. so I was like alright ok cool. Anyways, tomorrow morning I go pick up my pekin duckling, I...

Took out my girls and men (haha, still unsure which sex they are yet, but none the less, a pair would be perfect ;)) today out for a swim, and a run through the grass and back into the brooder (they loved it) Just thought I would share this photo of one of the goslings tiny wings.. :) Their so...

Thought I'd share these pictures with the community! 4 Pekin ducks, and 2 goslings. The gosling seem to be babys, always trying to 'squeeze' in there, haha.. ( They are laying under the heat lamp but I turned it off for a few minutes while snapping these pictures or else they wouldn't turn out...

Bought a new camera a long time ago and never really used it until now, thought I would go out and take some nice pictures of them... Freaking adorable. Also, can anyone tell me how much the bigger ones are? I asked for day olds from the haterchery, but they sent me half day olds and the other...

Alright so I had posted earlier about one my ducklings that has a tilted head.. I feel bad for the guy as all he does is run in circles... can't blame him when his head is tilted huh? Anyways, he eats and drinks fine, but his head (most of the time) is just tilted sideways.So I got some advice...

I'm new here, ofcourse.. :P I been around the forums a bit but I just never created an account. Just got my shipment in of 25 ISA browns and 4 pekin ducklings and 2 goslings. Their all doing just fine now! One of the ducks have a slightly crooked neck, hopefully she'll straighten up.. Another...